Kahler can only send us to this hill, the front has become a rocky dirt road that is difficult to settle on foot, weeds are everywhere, originally Lao Fan also discussed letting Kahler send another section, after all, Yang is old, I am afraid that I can't stand the toss of such a mountain road, but look at this deserted path, and then look at Kahler's scrapped tractor, I am really afraid that this broken car will not be able to get in and out, everyone has to give up.

Kahler told us to follow this path, cross two small rivers and the village, saying that this Daxing'an Mountains is a state-protected forest area, and there are many bears and jackals, so we should be careful, and after instructing him, he turned the car around and went back. Before leaving, Yang Lao gave him money, and this honest and simple herdsman said that he didn't ask for anything. I can't help but sigh that people in this world are cold now, and people like Kahler are really about to catch up with the giant pandas.

Seeing Calle disappear into the depths of the jungle, we sat down to rest, ate some food each, and slung our gear and headed into the mountains.

Li Guodong took out the firearm and walked in front to open the way, I glanced at the firecracker, and my heart was hairy, thinking about Liu Wei, who was hit by the firearm last night, half of his head was really terrifying.

It's the height of summer, and there are a lot of mosquitoes in the mountains, especially the grass mosquitoes that the people of the Northeast say, which are bigger than flies, and when we walk in the grass, we startle a large group of people when we take a step.

This grass mosquito has never sucked human blood, and this time it can be regarded as the discovery of a new continent, and it is chasing after us. This kind of mosquito is particularly poisonous, I was unfortunately bitten twice, itchy and painful, after scratching two handfuls, the bulging flesh bumps are staggering, it is no exaggeration to say that people who do not know see the red bumps on my arms, and think it is a scorpion sting.

After walking for more than an hour, fortunately we didn't encounter any wild beasts except big mosquitoes, which may also be related to the daytime, most carnivorous beasts are nocturnal, especially now that the weather is hot, it is estimated that they are hiding in their nests to sleep.

As Calle said, we crossed two small rivers and crossed a high hill, and a strong smell of cooking came from the bottom of the hill.

It was already dusk, and it was almost time for dinner, but no one had the appetite to chew on those dry compressed biscuits when they smelled the smell of cooking.

Through the dense forest, we saw a cleared land on the mountainside, the clearing was not too big, and dozens of families were located on it, and almost all of them were smoking from their chimneys, and it was estimated that the smell of rice wafted from there.

Li Guodong glanced at Yang Lao and asked, "Can the old man still walk?" It seems that this village is the one Kahler said, and it is about to get dark, so I think it will be safer to go to the village. ”

Yang Lao panted tiredly, nodded, and didn't speak.

With the cries of unknown beasts around us, we quickly descended the hill and entered the village.

It is estimated that this kind of wild village, located in the mountains, is not even visible to satellites, and is almost isolated from the world, and there is not even a single electric light.

It gets dark early in the mountains, and many homes have closed their doors. We tried knocking on the doors of several houses, and strangely enough, as soon as there was a knock, the lights went out. However, almost everyone has come out to open the door, and when they saw that we were strange faces, they just closed the door without saying anything, and no matter what you called outside, no one paid attention.

Lao Fan began to muttered angrily: "Damn, what's wrong? Think of us as mountain spirits? ”

Li Guodong said no, and asked us if we had noticed that almost all of the people who opened the door to us were old people, which made a bit of sense, young people were strong and strong, and they were the main labor force in the family, and someone knocked on the door at night, it should be a young man to open it, is this village full of old people?

Yang Lao hummed and said: "It's not good, in this kind of remote village, young people with a little ambition are estimated to go to the city to work, this should be a typical village for the left-behind elderly." ”

At this moment, a young man who was hanging out of the alley came over with an oops, and when he saw us, he came over with an oops.

The reason why this person is said to be a good man, not only is he not out of tune when he walks, he doesn't even wear the clothes he wears, he has half a cigarette in his mouth, but he doesn't light it, a Li Ning sun hat with his clothes is nondescript, especially he is still wearing a pair of Adidas sneakers, although the style is relatively old, but I still wonder very much, in such a remote village, there are still people wearing this kind of shoes? It's not that I'm biased against remote areas, but people who wear these shoes are either athletes or mountaineering enthusiasts, and it's really new to say that people in the mountains wear these shoes.

Of course, it is not excluded that this young man came back from a part-time job and wore these shoes to show off, but looking at his ragged clothes, it doesn't look like he is showing off.

When the young man came to us, he asked, "How many bosses, are you here for a tour?" Yang Lao smiled: "No, we are from the exploration team." The young man squinted at us and said, "Yes?" Do you think there are any good things in our village? If there is a gold mine, you must inform me that this land belongs to my family, and if you want to mine it, you must pay a good price. ”

As soon as I saw the smell of copper on this guy's body, I thought to myself that this place is only a hundred kilometers away from the village of Kahle, why is there such a big difference. “

Yang Lao smiled and said, "That's that, but you don't have any minerals here." Well, I'll ask my little brother about a place, do you know the stuffing ditch? ”

The young man cut it, and the cow coaxed out a lighter and lit half a cigarette, and said: "I have climbed these ridges for more than 20 years, and I know how many stones there are, not to mention that it is a stuffing ditch, it is a mouse hole, as long as you name it, I will know it for sure." ”

I pouted, this cow b was about to blow to the sky, and when I looked at the lighter in his hand, I wondered again, it turned out to be a limited edition zippo, damn, he has such a high-grade thing? It's so unreasonable! Don't tell me that this girl is a second-generation official, damn, wouldn't it be doomed!

Yang Lao smiled for a while and said: "That's good, we have met a master, you see, we want to go to the stuffing ditch, but we can't find the way, I don't know if the little brother is willing to help with this." As he spoke, he took out a wad of bills, and when I looked at the thickness, there were at least a thousand dollars.

When the young man saw such a thick pile of grandpa Mao, his eyes glowed green, and he reached out to take it with a full promise. Yang Lao shrank his hand and said, "I can't give it to you now, as long as you take us to the sandwich ditch, I will pay you an extra five hundred on the basis of these money." ”

The young man said with a sigh: "Whatever happens." Hey, I don't think I can take you there now, it's too dangerous to go into the mountains at night, you first find a place to stay for a night, and I'll take you to the stuffing ditch tomorrow morning. ”

Lao Fan was about to speak, but was stopped by Yang Lao, and then he heard Yang Lao say: "You see that every family in this village is closed, and no one is willing to receive us, I think I have to trouble your little brother, how about going to your house tonight to make up for one night?" ”

The young man's face changed slightly, and he said: "This and that" Yang Lao took out two hundred yuan and said: "Of course, we can't live in vain, this is the accommodation fee, is it enough?" ”

The young man smiled when he saw it, quickly took the money, and said in a loud voice: "Enough, definitely enough!" However, he glanced at us and said: "There are so many of you, and you have these luggage, my mother-in-law is in confinement, I'm afraid it's inconvenient." ”

Lao Fan was anxious when he heard this, and shouted: "What? You took the money and didn't let you live? Isn't this a money grab, I'm damn it! ”

The young man hurriedly said: "No, no, look at the boss's temper." It's not that you won't be allowed to live in my house, but you can't live in my house anymore. I have a good place to go, my eldest cousin used to be the village director of this village, his son is prosperous in the city, the whole family has entered the city, the old house is now empty, why don't you go to his house to live. Their house is bigger than mine, and it has wind power. Of course, the 200 yuan is not mine alone, you live in someone else's house, and I have to send the house money to others when I have time. ”

Lao Fan was about to have a seizure when he heard this, but Yang Lao hurriedly gave him a look to shut up, and then said to the young man: "Okay, please let the little brother lead the way." ”

The young man put the two hundred yuan in his pocket and said with a smile: "Bosses, follow me." ”

We passed through a few alleys, it was already dark, Li Guodong turned on the flashlight, and several people silently followed the young man. To my surprise, the village is not as small as it seems, with many homes hidden in the shade of huge trees, but most of them are empty houses. Another point is that the streets of this village are very regular from north to south, and this kind of planning is definitely not like the format of the village in the past.

Yang Lao introduced that this village should have been occupied by the Japanese, as long as it is a village occupied by the Japanese, it will be planned into a fairly regular pattern, which is conducive to the control of the colonists.

When the young man heard this, he gave a thumbs up and said, "Boss, you are really knowledgeable. Lao Fan said impatiently: "Less nonsense, lead the way." ”

After several turnarounds, we passed through a large clearing, which was compacted, very flat and hard, and the northeastern countryside called this a yard, which was used to crush crops such as millet, similar to a wheat field.

Directly opposite the open space, there is a large courtyard gatehouse, although the gatehouse is not big, but the courtyard wall and the entire gatehouse are made of square bluestone, compared to those earthen walls and earth houses do not know how magnificent, but looking at the two closed black lacquer gates, and the blue brick wall, it gives people a ghostly feeling.

The young man sent us to the courtyard door, then stopped and turned to us and said, "Bosses, my mother-in-law is still waiting for me to go back to serve, the place has been brought, you can go in by yourself, there are beds and kangs, everything, you will be here for one night, tomorrow I will take you to the filling ditch." After saying that, he nodded at us, and then quickly left.

I always felt that it seemed a little inappropriate to let him go like this, but an old man like Yang Lao didn't speak, so I couldn't say anything.

Lao Fan said: "Old man, why do I feel that kid is not normal?" ”

Elder Yang snorted: "Poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people, let's be careful tonight." After speaking, his nose moved, and his brows furrowed: "Strange, where did the rancid smell come from?" Changda (it should be Lao Fan's name, it's the first time I've heard Yang Lao call him that), do you smell it? ”

Lao Fan sniffed it carefully, his face changed a little, and he nodded without speaking. I wondered, my heart said, you all smell it, why didn't I smell it? I couldn't believe it for a while, but I sniffed it hard, but I still didn't smell anything.

Lao Fan glanced at me and said very disdainfully: "You don't have experience in this area, of course you can't smell it." ”

I was wondering what Lao Fan meant by this, when I saw Yang Lao walk to the wall, sniff those green stones for a while, and suddenly took a breath and said, "These are tomb bricks!" ”